Ironing-board.



No. 863,150. Y PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907. E. H. BUSGH & O. R. PURGELL.

IRONING BOARD. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 30, 1906.

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No. 863,150. PATBNTED AUG. 13, 1907. B. H. BUSGH & 0. R. PURGELL.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLIUATION FILED APE.80,1906'.

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EARNEST H. BUSOH AND OLIVER R. PUROELL, OF LA. GRANDE, OREGON.

IRONING-B OARD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EARNEST I-I. B'UsoH and OLIVER R. PURcnnL, citizensof the United States, residing at La Grande, in the county of Union andState of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIroning-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved ironing boardwhich is so mounted upon hinged or pivoted legs that it may be securelyand permanently held at different elevations, as will be herein fullydescribed and claimed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved ironing board, parts beingshown broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by-the samereference characters.

The main board 1 is supported upon legs 2 and 3, being directly hingedto the leg 2 near one end. The leg 2 is constructed in two spaced apartmembers 2 which receive between them the leg 3, the latter being pivotedto the members 2 at an intermediate point as shown. Both the legs 2 and3 are provided with sup porting feet 4 which are preferably beveled ontheir lower sides as indicated at 4. The under side of the board,preferably near the center or middle thereof, is provided with a rack 5in the notches of which the tapered end 6 of the leg 3 is designed totake, whereby to support the board with the legs at different angleswith respect to each other so as to hold the board at differentelevations. A coil compression spring 7 is secured at one end to the leg3 near the foot thereof, and is secured at its other end to a cable 8constituted by a thin chain or wire or the like and the said cableextends partially around a roller 9 mounted upon a suitable shaft in theleg 3 and is attached at its upper end to the under surface of theboard 1. The purpose of the tension means constituted by the spring 7and the cable 8 is to hold the main board down upon the tapered end 6 ofthe leg 3 in its different adjusted positions. In addition to theadjusting means before described for the main board 1, We have providedan adjusting rod 10 one end of which is preferably screw threaded toenter in a corresponding socket in a casting 11 swiveled to the foot endof the leg 2. The other end of the adjusting rod 10 is intended toextend through a casting 12 in the foot end of the leg 3, being providedwith oppositely extending lugs 13 designed to enter notches of a rack 14on the casting 12 and provided also with a handle portion preferably inthe form of a hook 15. By this means, after the board 1 has beenadjusted to its required elevation by means of the rack 5 and thepivotal connection between the legs 2 and 3, the foot portions of thelegs may be held at the requisite distance apart and prevent the legsfrom being strained, by means of the adjusting rod 10 being engaged withthe rack 14. The adjusting rod 10 is rendered adjustable longitudinallywhenever desired by means of its screw threaded end working in thecasting 11.

At the tapered end of the main board 1 there is a plate 17 constitutingone member of a hinge and provided with a clamping wing 16 cast integralwith it and adapted to be clamped to the tapered end of the main board.The wing sets up against the edge of the main board and preventssidewise movements.

A rod 22 extends through the plate 17 and is secured thereto at one end.A support 23 is mounted to turn on the rod 22 and is provided with twoopposite flat bearing surfaces. To one surface one end of the sleeveironing attachment 26 is secured, while to the other bearing surface,one end of the bosom board 27 is attached. The two boards 26 and 27 arepreferably connected intermediate their ends by a web 28. To the innerside of the support 23 for the sleeve and bosom board attachment, thereis secured a cam plate 29 provided with two corresponding cam surfaces'30 surrounding the rod 22 and movable axially thereon in connectionwith the support 23. The two cam surfaces 30 are joined by recesses 31.A detent or latch bar 32 is mounted on the rod 22 and is capable ofsliding thereon, but is prevented from turning. It is provided with twooppositely extending fingers that are designed to ride upon the camsurfaces 30 and the said detent is pressed into engagement with the camsurface by means of a helical spring 33 on the rod 22, and said springbears at its rear end against the washer of an adjusting nut 34 threadedon said rod. By adjusting the nut 34 the tension of the spring 33 may bevaried.

In the practical use of the sleeve and bosom board attachment, after theclamping bracket or support 16 has been secured to the tapered end ofthe main board 1, the said attachment may, if desired, be held in avertical position automatically by means of the spring hinge constitutedby the members 17 and 18 or it may be swung down into operativeposition. If for example, it is swung down with the sleeve board 26uppermost and the bosom board resting directly upon the main board 1this relative position of the two boards 26 and 27 may be reversedwhenever necessary or desired by first elevating the attachment, andthen turning the same upon the rod 22 as an axis. In effecting thisaxial or turning movement of the attachment, it is manifest that the camsurface 30 will ride upon the oppositely extending arms of the detent 32which will yield in a rearward direction to allow the movement undersome pressure and after the relative positions of the two boards havebeen changed or reversed, the arms of the detent will bind against thecams and upon the attachment being lowered again to operative position,the coaction between the said detent and the cams will hold theattachment securely as against lateral rocking movement of the mainboard 1 while the spring action of the hinge will tend to hold the boardfirmly in a longitudinal direction down upon the said main board. Thepin 35 is secured on the rod 22 between the latch bar 32 and the camplate 29. In reversing the sleeve and bosom board attachment the latchbar will unlock and the pin 35 will afford a rest for the spring 33while the attachment is being reversed. When the attachment is broughtinto position for use the latch bar 32 will slide against the washer andspring making it to look as shown in Fig. 1. It is of course to beunderstood that the working faces of the main board 1 and the sleeve andbosom boards 26 and 27 will be upholstered in any manner suitable forthe uses to which they are to be put.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that we have provided an improved constructionof ironing board in which the main board is so mounted upon hinged orpivoted legs that it may be securely held at different elevations, oneof the legs acting approximately underneath the center of the main boardwhich allows a sufficient clearance at one end of the board so thatskirts may be drawn over said end without hindrance and in which thespring for holding the board down upon the support portion of the legs,is in an out of the way position where it will not interfere with theoperation and in which also the diverging ends or foot portions of thelegs are connected together in an adjustable manner so that they will beheld securely in different adjusted positions without the weight of theboard straining them.

As best seen in Fig. 1 the hinged leg 2 of the board has its foot squareunderneath the tapered end of the main board 1, so that the board isprevented from tipping up or swinging about when pressure is used on thetapered end of the main board 1. The feet of the legs 2 and 3 extendtransversely a considerable distance on each side of the legs as bestseen. in Fig. 2 and there are preferably recessed or cut out on theirlower edges as shown. In cross section they are preferably inclined ontheir lower surfaces as indicated best in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is: v

1. In a device of the character described, the combina tion of the boardthe legs pivotally connected together at an intermediate point one ofsaid legs being hinged to the board and the other arranged foradjustable connection therewith, one leg being provided with a rack, andan adjusting rod having a swivel connection with the other leg near thefoot portion thereof and arranged for adjustable engagement in saidrack.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a board provided onits under surface with a rack, legs pivotally connected togetherintermediate their ends, one leg being hinged to the board and the otherarranged for engagement with said rack, one of said legs being providednear its foot portion with an open casing provided on its outer surfacewith a rack, and an adjusting rod connectedto the foot portion of theother leg and provided at one end with oppositely extending lugsdesigned to engage with the rack formed in said casting.

.l. A device of the character described comprising a board, legspivotally connected together and arranged to support said board atdifferent elevations, one of said legs being provided with a roller, acompression spring socured at one end to said leg, and a cable connectedto the board and to the other end of said spring and arranged to engagesaid roller.

4. A device of the character described. comprising a pair of legspivotally connected together intermediate of their ends. a board hingedto the upper end of one leg and provided with a rack, and a tensiondevice connected at one end to the board at a point intermediate of therack and the point of connection of the board with the hinged leg, saidtension means being also oporatively connected to one of the legs belowthe pivot point and bearing against said leg above the pivot point,whereby to exert a tension to draw the two legs towards the board andthe lower ends of the two legs together.

A device of the character described, comprising a pair of legs pivotallyconnected together intermediate 01 their ends. a board arranged foradjustable engagement by the other leg. and a tension device connectedto one of said legs below the pivot point and adapted to bear againstthe leg to which it is attached at a point above the pivot point. theupper end of said tension device being connected to the board.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EARNEST II. BUSCH, OLIVER R. PURCELL.

